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| Invitation |
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| 4 hours on September 20th, 2008
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free of charge |
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| Dear friends and colleagues, you are warmly invited! Please
join Open Space Practitioners, Facilitators and Sponsors from around
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Since 1985, when Harrison Owen discovered Open Space Technology (OST), approximately 100,000 + groups have participated in OST events in 132 countries around the world. In the meantime OST has become the most established and well-known method for large group face-to-face events, which is used both, in the non-profit area and the profit area. OST enables in an unique wonderful way to run productive meetings, for five to 2000 + people, to allow participatory process architectures and to lead any kind of organization, in everyday practice and ongoing change. OST is becoming main stream worldwide. NOT because OST is a trend or a fashion, rather because almost everywhere the time is right for passion, responsibility and sustainability and for a new awareness of conscious collaboration processes regionally, nationally and globally. |
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| What is OpenSpace-Online®? |
The general purpose of the OpenSpace-Online® Real-Time Meeting Methodology is to enable organizations to consciously act as "life long learning organizations", to empower interest and work groups as well as change facilitators to independently co-create the future for the greater good of society, and the whole planet by overcoming the limitations of time and space. Invented by Gabriela Ender in 1999, this completely self-contained Internet methodology is setting worldwide new innovation standards for real-time collaboration, empowerment and decision making by enabling holistic and highly participative architectures to link multifaceted ways of face-to-face and online activities in business, community, education, health-care, social and governmental settings.
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| Participants and conference theme |
| This OpenSpace-Online® community conference is addressed to facilitators, organizations and colleagues from around the world who use the face-to-face method Open Space Technology. |
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"What can we learn, share, teach, explore, discover with each
other about our work in Open Space around the world?" |
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| That was the main theme of the face-to-face World OSonOS 2008 in San Francisco and that is also our question for the virtual global Open Space community conference on September, 20th. A wonderful opportunity for docking on the results and aha's from the face-to-face community gathering in July as well as for raising and discussing completely new topics. This OpenSpace-Online® community conference also provides opportunities for greeting old Open Space friends and for meeting new Open Space colleagues via the Internet in real-time. High learning and high play await us! |
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We look forward to your participation!
Gabriela Ender and Co-Inviters |
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Co-Inviters |
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Open Space World
Sponsored by Open Space Institute US,
sustained by Michael Herman and helpers
www.openspaceworld.org
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Host of 16th WOSonOS (2008/USA),
Lisa Heft and team
www.openingspace.net |
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| And many other Open Space friends worldwide |
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WOSOonOS 2007 Event Report
and user feedback of last year >> here |
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 "Thanks to Gabriela Ender and her wonderful crew, we were treated to a marvelous global gathering. And we didn't have to go anywhere! Actually I tuned in from my dock on the lake (WiFi reaches just that far) - so there I am with a fresh breeze in the face, water lapping at my feet and in constant communication with friends and colleagues from all over the world. The software is seamless, and if you have ever been in the Open Space, it feels just like the real thing. But I do have
to admit that I missed the eye-to-eye contact, and maybe more than that the hugs that seem to be a regular feature of Open Space. But that is a small thing. Gabriela has done a wonder. She should be proud and I know that if you ever have a chance to experience OpenSpace-Online for yourself or with/for a client, you will not be disappointed. It is the real thing - sans hugs. Harrison"
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Harrison Owen,
to worldwide Open Space friends
right after WOSOonOS 2007 |
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